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POtHS - The Blues - 18 - Etta James

POtHS - The Blues - 18 - Etta James

POtHS comment........Queen of
The Blues - God rest her Soul

Jamesetta Hawkins was born on January 25, 1938, in Los Angeles, California, to
Dorothy Hawkins, who was only 14 at the time. Her father has never been identified, but was rumored possibly to be white
(Caucasian).[6] James speculated that her father was the pool player, Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone, and met him
briefly in 1987.[7] Due to her mother being often absent carrying on relationships with various men, James lived with a
series of caregivers, most notably "Sarge" and "Mama" Lu. James called her mother "the Mystery Lady".[6]

James received her first professional vocal training at the age of five from James Earle Hines, musical director of
the Echoes of Eden choir, at the St. Paul Baptist Church in Los Angeles. She became a popular singing attraction at the
church, and Sarge tried to pressure the church into paying him money for her singing, but they refused. During drunken
poker games at home, he would wake James up in the early hours of the morning and force her through beatings to sing for
his friends. As she was a bed-wetter, and often soaked with her own urine on these occasions, the trauma of being forced
to sing meant she had a life-long reluctance to sing on demand.[8]

In 1950 Mama Lu died, and James' real
mother took her to the Fillmore district in San Francisco.[9] Within a couple of years, James began listening to doo-wop
and was inspired to form a girl group, called the Creolettes (due to the members' light skinned complexions). The
14-year-old girls met musician Johnny Otis. Stories on how they met vary including Otis' version in which James had come
to his hotel after one of his performances in the city and persuaded him to audition her. Another story came that Otis
spotted the group performing at a Los Angeles nightclub and sought them to record his "answer song" to Hank Ballard's
"Work With Me, Annie". Nonetheless, Otis took the group under his wing, helping them sign to Modern Records and changing
their name from the Creolettes to the Peaches and gave the singer her stage name reversing Jamesetta into Etta James.
James recorded the version, which she was allowed to co-author, in 1954, and the song was released in early 1955 as
"Dance with Me, Henry". Originally the name of the song was "Roll With Me, Henry" but was changed to avoid censorship
due to the subtle title. In February of that year, the song reached number one on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Tracks
chart.[10] Its success gave the group an opening spot on Little Richard's national tour.[11]

While on tour
with Richard, pop singer Georgia Gibbs recorded her version of James' song, which was released under the title "The
Wallflower", and became a crossover hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100, which angered James. After
leaving the Peaches, James had another R&B hit with "Good Rockin' Daddy", but struggled with follow-ups. When her
contract with Modern came up in 1960, she decided to sign with Leonard Chess' namesake label, Chess Records, and shortly
afterwards got involved in a relationship with singer Harvey Fuqua, founder of the doo-wop group, The Moonglows.

Bobby Murray, aka "Taters", toured with Etta James for 20 years. He wrote that James had her first hit single
when she was 15 years of age and went steady with B.B. King when she was 16. Etta James believed the hit single "Sweet
Sixteen" by B.B. King was about her.

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[size=18]JESUS: Believe this about Jesus to move on to
Greener Pastures.

Born of a Virgin, He was killed for our transgressions, His blood was shed as a sacrifice
to atone for my sins. He was buried and ROSE three days later, according to The Scriptures. Praise the Lord for HE HAS
RISEN. I am now forgiven for my sins, past, present and future and can live on with the Lord in Eternity, forever.

RAPtURE (My transportation outta here).

The Blessed Hope. If you believe in The Rapture you
better believe That The Sacrificed Blood of Jesus, on the Cross paid for your sins and there is NOTHING Else you can do
to gain Salvation, The GRACE of Christ did it ALL. Now you just have to believe that with all your Heart, Mind and Soul
or Maybe Get Left Behind. All PAST, Present and Future Sins are Forgiven with Jesus. (I wouldn't PUSH That Future sin
statement to much!!!)

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed..

"And He will send forth His
angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the
other.

"Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,
Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in The Air, and
there we will be forever be with him...

May Yahweh Bless You as He has me. Seed Long and Prosper from the
Blessings of our Lord. I have asked the Father to Bless all those that Seed Long.

Do Not believe anything
you find here, search the Scriptures daily to determine the tRUtH.